From Los Angeles it takes 5 hours to get here, over roads stretching to the horizon. Along the way there is a smattering of long, fast sweepers, tight hairpins and a few grades that make big-rig drivers reach for their lowest gears. It was during those 5 hours

It's still a 911, isn't it? It may be as large as a whale (killer), and like a whale, this one needs water to live, but with the exception of the crest, there isn't one carryover component from the days when all real Porsches were windsuckers. Still, this is a

A question raised while negotiating 25 miles of stop-and-go commuter traffic: If the 911 is considered to be an uncompromised "driver's" car, owned by people serious about the sports car experience, then why is it so easy to drive? And why is its day-to-day in

Its Seal Grey Metallic paint is an appropriate color for a sports car whose shape has been compared to a breaching killer whale. Its black full leather interior is equally apropos to the vehicle's luxury status. And even though its color scheme enhances the ca